Disrupting the Nexus of Neoliberalism and Carceral Reach

Disrupting the Nexus of Neoliberalism and Carceral Reach fundamentally examines how neoliberalism shapes the emergence of carceral systems and ideology in our everyday lives. This volume not only illustrates the major frameworks at play but also reveals the lived realities of how the carceral state insidiously infiltrates social institutions through neoliberal means. The authors evaluate and propose ways that activism and other mechanisms of social change may reduce the damaging effects of these systems of power.

The book features an interdisciplinary set of contributions from scholars, activists, and professionals with intimate knowledge of how the intersection of neoliberalism and carceral reach takes shape. It captures how these realities impact areas such as education, reproductive health and rights, housing justice, prison proliferation, and racial violence. The authors extend the frameworks of neoliberalism and carceral reach into other social institutions where hyperpunitiveness, targeting, and extreme social control of vulnerable groups are evident. The book explicates concrete strategies to disrupt these connections from those who have studied and worked in these institutions for decades.